Paperhand Puppets Roaming

Bicentennial Plaza

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Sponsored by: Wells Fargo

Media Sponsor: GoRaleigh

A First Night Favorite, the Paperhand Puppet Intervention is a puppet theater company based out of Saxapahaw, NC. For over fifteen years they have been creating original large-scale puppet extravaganzas complete with giant puppets, masks, shadow puppets, stilt dancing, painted flats, live music and so much more! Now YOU get a chance to become the Puppeteer as you wear a puppet head, carry a puppet or just walk with the Puppets during the People’s Procession!

The Raleigh Acorn is lowered to ring in the New Year. While the acorn has become synonymous with First Night Raleigh, the festival is much more than the countdown to midnight. Your admission pass grants you access to every performance and every venue throughout the day. That’s nearly 100 performances in over three dozen locations across downtown Raleigh. What a bargain for just $11* ($15 day of)! Read more